Best FOSS alternative for skype?

Ian Malone ibmalone at gmail.com
Wed May 11 20:40:53 UTC 2011


On 11 May 2011 16:32, James McKenzie <jjmckenzie51 at gmail.com> wrote:


> Again, do not take this as anything other than a personal opinion on
> why this discussion is a waste of time and effort.  Skype has been
> bought and there is nothing out there like it.  Not in the Linux world
> nor the Windows world.  People will continue to use it in both worlds.
>

Regrettably not. Skype in Linux is already several releases behind the
Windows version and missing some of the functionality. I don't expect
much further development will take place under MS so, as someone else
already predicted, the Linux release will drift out of usability.

-- 
imalone


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